The commonest kind of malware threat in widespread circulation on the internet toady are the rogue antivirus programs. Personal Antivirus is the latest of these rogue infections which are fake tools designed to frighten the computer user into buying another full version of the software. This infection attempts to decieve the PC user by displaying fake warnings and notifications warning of various infections that actually dont exist.
This rogue software will attack your computer with various unwanted and undesirable behaviours. These significantly decrease the speed of your system.
1. The Personal Antivirus infection has the ability to record keystrokes of each and every username, password and bank account number that you type into your computer. In the wrong hands this private information can be used to hack your accounts and steal from you.
2.Various warnings will pop-up, warning you to purchase the Personal Antivirus software. These are carefully designed to impersonate genuine Windows Secuirty Center dialog boxes.
3.Numerous alerts stating that your computer is under attack or that you have malware running on your computer. If you click on these alerts, Personal Antivirus will be installed, or you will be brought to the purchase page for the program.
4.Changed or new Icons & Shortcuts might appear on your Desktop.
5.Personal Antivirus attempts to make your browser divert to strange sponsored listings instead of genuine webpages.
The bottom line is that Personal Antivirus should be taken from your PC as soon as possible. Use an automatic removal tool such as Malwarebytes. Install the free version of this software and run the Quick Scan. This will automatically remove the Personal Antivirus infection. It is possible that if the Personal AntiVirus rogue was on your computer, other infections will be there as well. It would be prudent to follow up with a full scan using your own AntiVirus software.
Prevent Future Infections
1. Strengthen your first line of defence. Update Windows and any other software you use to make sure that any security vulnerabilities are patched and fixed. Check for updated software at least once a month.
2. If you dont already have top-class antivirus and antispyware software, do some research and get some now. Once installed, keep them updated.
3. Be careful online. Some kinds of internet usage like pornagraphy, warez and p2p file sharing are inherently dangerous and will result in a greater chance of virus infection.
Hopefully you have followed the advice given here and got rid of the Personal Antivirus infection. Don’t forget to beef up your internet security to prevent future infections and run some full antivirus scans to check for other signs of infection.
Read more on the Personal Antivirus infection on http://www.personalantivirus.org.uk
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